Date: Wednesday, June 13th, 2012
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: C7 Data Centers (Lindon)
Ever looked at your router and thought that you could do so much more
with it? Or tried configuring it and thought that it would be easier to
use a command line than the terrible user interface the manufacturer
graced it with? Many home routers have more memory and processing power
than the Space Shuttle Flight Computer. Surely they can do more.OpenWRT
is a Linux Distribution that allows you to get more value out of a home
router and other devices. This presentation will go over some of the
basics of OpenWRT such as installation, customization, and
administration. In addition, a few cool ideas for how to get more out of
your router or other device will be talked about. After all, a computer
with a 680Mhz Processor with 8MB of flash, 64MB of ram, and multiple
interfaces is a terrible thing to waste.
Mike Lovell has been interested and involved in technology since a young
age. Currently masquerading as a Software Engineer, he has spent most of
his career as a Systems Administrator. He is also a hardware tinkerer,
has built every desktop he’s bought, has at least partially taken apart
every computer he’s owned, and helped design the hardware for a cluster
of a couple thousand servers. Currently, he spends much of his time neck
deep in various forms of virtualization technologies and the systems to
manage them. When it comes to programming, Python is his go to language
and Vim his default editor with some occasional gedit thrown in. He is
also a fan of airplanes, rocketry, and some casual gaming.
We will be meeting at the C7 facility at Canopy Building 5 in Lindon,
behind Home Depot. You will need to bring a photo ID in order to sign in
at the front desk.
http://plug.org/c7dchttp://plug.org/node/184